# Would you kill someone............ **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 28, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461 "2003-01-28T12:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yong\_Lee\_Fampee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ba8739/32.png) [@Yong\_Lee\_Fampee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yong_Lee_Fampee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/1 "2003-01-28T12:37:20Z")
for 20 million dollars? There is no legal penalty at all, you would not get caught. You could even choose your victim if you like (maybe someone you do not care for). Would you do it? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/2 "2003-01-28T12:39:54Z")
Depends on who I would be killing. But I’ll give a conditional yes. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/3 "2003-01-28T12:41:35Z")
Ahh. Just read the second part. I give a firm ‘yes’. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/4 "2003-01-28T12:43:15Z")
I’d do it for less. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/5 "2003-01-28T12:45:18Z")
For money? No. For revenge, maybe. Hypocritical? Sure. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/6 "2003-01-28T12:48:02Z")
Heck, this is even a hypothetical. What’s the current bounty on Osama’s head? $25 mil. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/7 "2003-01-28T12:48:59Z")
No. The idea of killing anyone sickens me. If I was completely convinced that the person would go on to deliberately cause grievous harm and suffering/death to others, then maybe (although in that case, perhaps my act of killing them would be just as bad). ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/8 "2003-01-28T12:49:16Z")
Doh! _isn’t_. ---
**Author:** ![Consuela\_Bobuela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Consuela\_Bobuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consuela_Bobuela)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/9 "2003-01-28T12:50:20Z")
Yes. Especially if the list included: Rush Limbaugh Bill O’Reilly Sean Hannity Pat Buchanan Jerry Falwell Pat Robertson Robert Dornan Newt Gingrich Oliver North Ann Coulter Anyone other republican blonde Any other republican Hell, I’d even kill em for free, if I was guarnateed immunity. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/10 "2003-01-28T12:52:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Consuela Bobuela \* > \*\*…Hell, I’d even kill em for free, if I was guarnateed immunity. \*\* Its good to see a leftist with some backbone! ---
**Author:** ![Consuela\_Bobuela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Consuela\_Bobuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consuela_Bobuela)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/11 "2003-01-28T13:03:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > \*\*Its good to see a leftist with some backbone! \*\* Well, hey…I’m no martyr. I want to get something for myself before a pop a cap in somebody’s arse. Thats what the kids say isn’t it? Pop a cap? I’m so unhip. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/12 "2003-01-28T13:06:31Z")
So an example would be where someone invents a new weapon which kills and makes it look like a natural death, and wants to pay me $20 million to test it on a human? And I can choose any human? That sounds like the worst nightmare imaginable. I might do it if I can find a terminally ill patient who is in a lot of pain and wants to be euthenized. ---
**Author:** ![BURNER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@BURNER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BURNER)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/13 "2003-01-28T14:08:53Z")
Sighn me up!! I could use 20 mil. The only question is do I have to use a gun or can I be a man about it and use my bare hands or a short length of pipe? ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/14 "2003-01-28T14:12:10Z")
Can I choose the OP? ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/15 "2003-01-28T14:17:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Consuela Bobuela \* > \*\*Yes. Especially if the list included: > Rush Limbaugh > Bill O’Reilly > Sean Hannity > Pat Buchanan > Jerry Falwell > Pat Robertson > Robert Dornan > Newt Gingrich > Oliver North > Ann Coulter > Anyone other republican blonde > Any other republican > Hell, I’d even kill em for free, if I was guarnateed immunity. \*\* Interesting, since the OP only refered to immunity from the legal implications of killings, I’m guessing you don’t have any moral problems with killing people with whom you have political disagreements. Cool, you’d make a perfect dictator. ---
**Author:** ![Consuela\_Bobuela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Consuela\_Bobuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Consuela_Bobuela)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/16 "2003-01-30T01:32:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bayonet1976 \* > \*\*Interesting, since the OP only refered to immunity from the legal implications of killings, I’m guessing you don’t have any moral problems with killing people with whom you have political disagreements. Cool, you’d make a perfect dictator. \*\* Great! Where can I sign up? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/17 "2003-01-30T01:38:20Z")
I vote for yes. ---
**Author:** ![Kelsonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kelsonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelsonk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/18 "2003-01-30T02:11:14Z")
Yeah, someone like Osama or someone terminally sick. If I had to know the person personally, though, I probably wouldn’t do it, even for twenty mil. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/19 "2003-01-30T02:20:15Z")
I’ll take Consuela ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461/20 "2003-01-30T02:23:36Z")
Yes I would - getting rid of Bin Laden, Saddam or Kim Jong Il would make the world a better place. That or I will kill a murderer about to be executed anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-someone/151461.md?page=2)